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	Am	F	Am	F
The do	or it opened slo	wly, my fa	ther he came i	n

	G	F	E
I was ni	ne ye	ars o	ld

	Am	F	Am	F
And he st	ood so tall above	me, b	lue eyes they were sh	ining

	G	F	E
And his vo	ice was ve	ry co	ld

	C	C/G	C	C/G
He sa	id, "I've had a vis	ion and you kn	ow I'm strong and h	oly

	D	C	B
I must d	o what I	've been to	ld"

	F	Bb	F	Bb
So he star	ted up the mou	ntain, I was run	ning, he was wal	king

	F	G	A
And his a	xe was ma	de of g	old

Well, the trees they got much smaller, the lake a lady's mirror

We stopped to drink some wine

Then he threw the bottle ove, broke a minute later

And he put his hand on mine

Thought I saw an eagle but it might have been a vulture

I never could decide

Then my father built an altar,he looked once behind his shoulder

He knew I would not hide

You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children

You must not do it anymore

A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted

By a demon or a god

You who stand above them now, your hatchets blunt and bloody

You were not there before

When I lay upon a mountain and my father's hand was trembling

With the beauty of the word

And if you call me brother now, forgive me if I inquire

"Just according to whose plan?"

When it all comes down to dust I will kill you if I must

I will help you if I can

When it all comes down to dust I will help you if I must

I will kill you if I can

And mercy on our uniform, man of peace or man of war

The peacock spreads his fan

NOTE: use the standard Cohen picking style (see Winter Lady)

(from Songs From a Room, 1968)

(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)

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The Story Of Isaac

Leonard Cohen

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